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We’re building the invisible internet.

Infrastructure that can’t be attacked, because there’s nothing to find — and an open standard, one anyone can inspect, that makes it work.

Vision

An internet where nothing is exposed until it’s proven — no address to scan, no door to knock on, until the right identity asks.

Mission

Make every app, API, and service invisible until verified — for the people and the agents you approve — on a standard that’s open to everyone.

The team

The Team

Justin Posey

Co-Founder & CEO

25 years in security and infrastructure at CrowdStrike, Cisco, AppDynamics, Microsoft, and Disney.

  • CSA OpenNHP co-author
  • IETF draft
  • UN General Assembly
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Ben Chen

Co-Founder & CTO

Built the cryptographic layer that makes infrastructure invisible, and drives OpenNHP adoption across the open-source and enterprise community.

  • OpenNHP architect
  • Reference implementation
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Joe Ollis

Co-Founder & COO

Former Microsoft group manager who launched Bing for iOS across 26 markets. Runs go-to-market, partnerships, and capital.

  • $350M+ scaled
  • $150M raised
  • Microsoft
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Recognized where it counts

You don’t have to take our word for it.

Cloud Security Alliance

We co-author the OpenNHP specification through the CSA working group.

cloudsecurityalliance.org ↗

IETF

The protocol is published as an Internet-Draft, on the standards track.

datatracker.ietf.org ↗

United Nations

Addressed the General Assembly on digital identity for humans and AI agents, September 2025.

Watch the address ↗

Open source

OpenNHP is public and community-audited — no black boxes, no vendor lock-in.

github.com/OpenNHP ↗

An open standard, built in the open.

The protocol underneath LayerV isn’t ours to keep.

13K+GitHub stars
200+Contributors
2.5K+Forks